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Decreased Cytomegalovirus Expression Following Proinflammatory Cytokine Treatment of Primary Human Astrocytes¹

Maxim C.-J. Cheeran^*,, Shuxian Hu^*,, Genya Gekker^*, and James R. Lokensgard^2,*,

^* Institute for Brain and Immune Disorders, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55404; and College of Veterinary Medicine and Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Understanding the influence of immune effector mechanisms on CMV infection of the CNS may facilitate the development of immunotherapies for viral encephalitis. Using cultures of highly purified, fully permissive primary human astrocytes, proinflammatory cytokines, but not antiinflammatory cytokines or -chemokines, were found to inhibit CMV expression, DNA synthesis, and replication. Treatment with certain proinflammatory cytokines 24 h before CMV infection markedly suppressed viral expression in astrocytes. TNF-, IL-1, and IFN- all inhibited CMV expression (70 ± 4.2%, 65 ± 3.4%, and 82 ± 3.6% inhibition of viral expression, respectively, n = 5). In contrast, no viral suppression was observed following IL-6 treatment. Suppressive activity was dependent on the addition of cytokines before CMV infection. Cytokine pretreatment did not affect CMV entry into primary astrocytes, and the observed cytokine-induced suppressive activity was not affected by the NO synthase inhibitor N^G-monomethyl-L-arginine (N^GMA). Instead, the suppressive effect appeared to be mediated through a mechanism involving inhibition of CMV major immediate early promoter activity. These results support the hypothesis that proinflammatory cytokines possess anti-CMV activity in brain cells and may lead to new interventions for CMV encephalitis based upon immunotherapy.

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